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>>Genocide of the Indians? Killing yes, but was there a deliberate attempt to try to kill them all? Ordered by the government? I realize that the Indians have been dealt with in an unjustful way, but isn't calling it genocide a little bit too 'easy'?!
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>I don't think calling the systematic removal of native americans genocide 'easy.' In fact, I think it forces this country to own up to exactly what happened instead of just referring to it as the colonization and westward growth of our nation. They went from an estimated population of 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900.
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>You may find this interesting:
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http://hnn.us/articles/7302.htmlI think this is a really well argued article. Thanks for the link.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.
